Repositioning Victorian Sciences: Shifting Centres in Nineteenth-century Scientific ThinkingDavid Clifford 'Sciences' were named and formed with great speed in the nineteenth century. Yet what constitutes a 'true' science? The Victorian era facilitated the rise of practices such as phrenology and physiognomy, so-called sciences that lost their status and fell out of use rather swiftly. This collection of essays seeks to examine the marginalised sciences of the nineteenth century in an attempt to define the shifting centres of scientific thinking, specifically asking: how do some sciences emerge to occupy central ground and how do others become consigned to the margins? The essays in this collection explore the influence of nineteenth-century culture on the rise of these sciences, investigating the emergence of marginal sciences such as scriptural geology and spiritualism. 'Repositioning Victorian Sciences' is a valuable addition to our understanding of nineteenth-century science in its original context, and will also be of great interest to those studying the era as a whole. |
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... lecture halls where topics of science were addressed , and where the public understanding of science was shaped ? How did Becker herself come to occupy this position on the podium , and how did she under- stand the significance of her ...
... lecture halls , even occa- sionally giving reports in the section meetings , and gained admission as members in 1848 , but this begrudging inclusion on the part of the officers was largely due to financial necessity . Even so , women's ...
... lecture demonstrate that Becker's words were distrib- uted far beyond the ears of the hundred or so original ... lecture halls were one of many ' sites of contestation ' of var- ied meanings of science ; we might view the nineteenth ...
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Ruskins Geology After 1860 | 17 |
Sea Serpents | 31 |
Scientist and Sorceress | 59 |
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